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EMJ -- Table of Contents Alert

A new issue of Emergency Medicine Journal

has been made available:

1 October 2009; Vol. 26, No. 10

URL: http://emj.bmj.com/content/vol26/issue10/?etoc

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What's New in Emergency Pre-hospital Care Research? 2008 Conference

organised by 999 EMS Research Forum in collaboration with University of

Sheffield and the National Ambulance Research Steering Group

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What are the highest priorities for research in prehospital care? Results

of a review and consultation exercise

A , H Snook, B Wells, M , J Peconi, J , and M Woollard

Emerg Med J 2009;26 1

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/1?etoc

Prehospital intravenous cannulation: reducing the risks and rate from

inappropriate venous access by paramedics

M Iqbal, S Banerjee, A Spaight, J son, and A N Siriwardena

Emerg Med J 2009;26 1

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/1-a?etoc

Improving post-hypoglycaemic patient safety in the pre-hospital

environment: a systematic review

D Fitzpatrick and E A S Duncan

Emerg Med J 2009;26 2

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/2?etoc

Improving post-hypoglycaemic patient safety in the pre-hospital

environment: a systematic review

D Fitzpatrick and E A S Duncan

Emerg Med J 2009;26 2

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/2-a?etoc

When would you call 999? Perceptions of emergency ambulances' role in

unscheduled health care

A Porter, L Button, K Duff, A , H Snooks, R Lowe, and A Watkins

Emerg Med J 2009;26 3

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/3?etoc

Emergency Care Practitioners: shaping a new type of practitioner from

existing NHS clinical roles

P , C O'Keeffe, and S Mason

Emerg Med J 2009;26 3

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/3-a?etoc

The effectiveness of supraglottic airway devices in pre hospital basic life

support airway management

M Dixon, N Carmody, and C O'Donnell

Emerg Med J 2009;26 4

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/4?etoc

Angels with wings (and morphine): do RAF winchmen need to be paramedics?

L Dykes, D McDowell, Griffiths, and , (RAF Winch

Emerg Med J 2009;26 4

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/4-a?etoc

What factors predict 999 use amongst unscheduled care service users?

H Snooks, A Porter, L Button, K Duff, A , R Lowe, and A Watkins

Emerg Med J 2009;26 5

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/5?etoc

Prehospital intravenous cannulation: reducing the risks and rate from

inappropriate venous access by paramedics

M Iqbal, S Banerjee, A Spaight, J son, and A N Siriwardena

Emerg Med J 2009;26 6

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/6?etoc

The quality and safety of emergency care practitioner care

P , R O'Hara, S Mason, and C O'Keeffe

Emerg Med J 2009;26 7

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/7?etoc

Non-conveyance of 999 callers: early findings related subsequent health

services callers

M Al-Sulaiti, H Snooks, and A Porter

Emerg Med J 2009;26 8

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/8?etoc

Emergency care practitioners: shaping a new type of practitioner from

existing NHS clinical roles

P , C O'Keeffe, and S Mason

Emerg Med J 2009;26 9

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/9?etoc

SAFER (Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals) trial: study

design

Helen Snooks and The SAFER Study Team

Emerg Med J 2009;26 10

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/10?etoc

Angels with wings (and morphine): do RAF winchmen need to be paramedics?

L Dykes, D McDowell, Griffiths, and , (RAF Winch

Emerg Med J 2009;26 11

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/11?etoc

Malleable stylet vs re-useable and disposable bougies in a model of

difficult intubation: a randomised cross-over trial

M Woollard, D Lighton, P , G Munro, E on, L Hamilton, R

Newcombe, and P O'Meara

Emerg Med J 2009;26 12

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/12?etoc

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Primary survey

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Primary survey

Mackway-

Emerg Med J 2009;26 687

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/687?etoc

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Editorial

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At last: some insight

Geoffrey

Emerg Med J 2009;26 688

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/688?etoc

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Commentary

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A blast from the present meets the MAST from the past: should the pneumatic

anti-shock garment ever be used?

Jerry Ray Baskerville

Emerg Med J 2009;26 689

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/689?etoc

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Review

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The use of atropine in a nerve agent response with specific reference to

children: are current guidelines too cautious?

Many great articles. I will try and download some once the UNSOM web site is

back up.

E A Sandilands, A M Good, and D N Bateman

Emerg Med J 2009;26 690-694

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/690?etoc

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Original articles

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Routine pain scoring does not improve analgesia provision for children in

the emergency department

M A R Jadav, G Lloyd, C McLauchlan, and C

Emerg Med J 2009;26 695-697

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/695?etoc

A simple intervention improves the recording of vital signs in children

presenting to the emergency department

C Bird, A Shea, C A Michie, and G

Emerg Med J 2009;26 698-700

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/698?etoc

The role of body mass index in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive

pulmonary disease

C-L Tsai and C A Camargo, Jr

Emerg Med J 2009;26 701-705

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/701?etoc

Perception of emergency medicine by consultants and specialist registrars

from other hospital specialties

S Reid, D son, and L Bowden

Emerg Med J 2009;26 706-710

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/706?etoc

Vulnerability to assault injury: an emergency department perspective

V Sivarajasingam, P , J Shepherd, and K s

Emerg Med J 2009;26 711-714

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/711?etoc

Matrix metalloproteinase levels in acute aortic dissection, acute

pancreatitis and other abdominal pain

T Wen, L Liu, and G-Z Xiong

Emerg Med J 2009;26 715-718

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/715?etoc

24-Hour observational ward management of diabetic patients presenting with

hypoglycaemia: a prospective observational study

H K Goh, D E K Chew, I G Miranda, L Tan, and G H Lim

Emerg Med J 2009;26 719-723

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/719?etoc

Understanding target-driven action in emergency department performance

using simulation

M M Gunal and M Pidd

Emerg Med J 2009;26 724-727

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/724?etoc

Trampolining injuries presenting to a children's emergency department

M Wootton and D

Emerg Med J 2009;26 728-731

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/728?etoc

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Miscellanea

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See page 700 for answers

Emerg Med J 2009;26 697

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/697?etoc

For questions on page 697

Emerg Med J 2009;26 700

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/700?etoc

Sophia

Parry and Wyatt

Emerg Med J 2009;26 764

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/764?etoc

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Images in emergency medicine

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Atypical extravasation of contrast medium in massive extrapleural haematoma

due to cardiac massage without rib fracture

S Morita, J Koizumi, K Sakurai, M Amino, K Yoshioka, Y Nakagawa, I

Yamamoto, and S Inokuchi

Emerg Med J 2009;26 710

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/710?etoc

Retropharyngeal abscess secondary to a foreign body

H Rumbold

Emerg Med J 2009;26 723

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/723?etoc

Haemorrhage after Ru-Zhu

S-D Chung, H-D Sun, C-H Liao, and J-T Sun

Emerg Med J 2009;26 731

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/731?etoc

A penetrating trauma to the temple

M R Haghi, E Khadivi, and K Khazaeni

Emerg Med J 2009;26 746

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/746?etoc

Spontaneous rupture of kidney

S-D Chung, H-S Chiang, and C-H Liao

Emerg Med J 2009;26 753

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/753?etoc

Inadvertent cannulation of the C6 transverse foramen during central venous

catheterisation

N Barua, W , L Pobereskin, and S Waddy

Emerg Med J 2009;26 755

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/755?etoc

" A head turning complication "

J D Sefton and J Tipping

Emerg Med J 2009;26 759

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/759?etoc

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Short report

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Pilot study of random finger prick glucose testing as a screening tool for

type 2 diabetes mellitus in the emergency department

N Hewat, D McD , and E Mac

Emerg Med J 2009;26 732-733

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/732?etoc

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Best Evidence Topic reports

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Towards evidence based emergency medicine: Best BETs from the Manchester

Royal Infirmary

Bernard A Foex

Emerg Med J 2009;26 734

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/734-a?etoc

BET 1. SUBLINGUAL ADRENALINE TABLETS: HOW FEASIBLE IS THIS NOVEL APPROACH

TO THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTIONS?

Emerg Med J 2009;26 734-735

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/734-b?etoc

BET 2. NEBULISED SALBUTAMOL OR NEBULISED ADRENALINE FOR WHEEZE IN

ANAPHYLAXIS

Emerg Med J 2009;26 735-736

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/735?etoc

BET 3. AVULSED TOOTH BROUGHT IN MILK FOR REPLANTATION

Emerg Med J 2009;26 736-737

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/736?etoc

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Prehospital care

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Chest decompression during the resuscitation of patients in prehospital

traumatic cardiac arrest

N Mistry, A Bleetman, and K J

Emerg Med J 2009;26 738-740

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/738?etoc

" At the sharp end " : does ambulance dispatch data from south Yorkshire

support the picture of increased weapon-related violence in the UK?

J T Gray and A

Emerg Med J 2009;26 741-742

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/741?etoc

Level of training and experience in physicians performing interhospital

transfers of adult patients in the internal medicine department

P Hallas, L Folkestad, and M Brabrand

Emerg Med J 2009;26 743-744

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/743?etoc

Luxatio erecta: a prehospital challenge in patient packaging

A J Lee, P J Hardy, E Kitchen, and S Shahane

Emerg Med J 2009;26 745-746

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/745?etoc

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Emergency casebooks

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A vanishing disease can still happen

H K Ramadan

Emerg Med J 2009;26 749

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/749?etoc

Wellens' syndrome: significance of ECG pattern recognition in the emergency

department

M Lilaonitkul, K , and M

Emerg Med J 2009;26 750-751

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/750?etoc

Small bowel intussusception following blunt abdominal trauma in an adult

patient

J Karam, M Khreiss, K M Musallam, M H Alaeddine, A Al-Kutoubi, and G S Abi

Saad

Emerg Med J 2009;26 752-753

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/752?etoc

Acute coronary syndrome triggered by honeybee sting: a case report

S N Murat, B B Karasu, R Akdemir, H Kilic, E Ornek, and O Ozcan

Emerg Med J 2009;26 754-755

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/754?etoc

Thrombolysis beyond 3 hours for acute ischaemic stroke

R Selvaratnam, U Srirangalingam, S Ahmad, and P Goulden

Emerg Med J 2009;26 756-757

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/756?etoc

Persistent idiopathic ventricular tachycardia in a 28-year-old woman

S H Dorman, N Razzak, and R Chamberlain-Webber

Emerg Med J 2009;26 758-759

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/10/758?etoc

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PostScript

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The need for an educational DVD for procedural sedation using ketamine and

propofol

L O and J G Lloyd

Emerg Med J 2009;26 760

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/760-a?etoc

Management of cocaine-associated chest pain

O Fayomi

Emerg Med J 2009;26 760

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/760-b?etoc

Prehospital use of ketamine in mountain rescue

J Ellerton, P Paal, and H Brugger

Emerg Med J 2009;26 760-761

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/760-c?etoc

Emergency physicians and police brutality

J S Ford

Emerg Med J 2009;26 761

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/761-a?etoc

Authors' response

H R Hutson, D Anglin, and J Strote

Emerg Med J 2009;26 761-762

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/761-b?etoc

Waiting times are they that important? A patient survey

E Jolly and M Clancy

Emerg Med J 2009;26 762

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/762-a?etoc

Emergency medicine in Uganda

P Hulme

Emerg Med J 2009;26 762

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/762-b?etoc

Diagnostic imaging: emergency

G

Emerg Med J 2009;26 762-763

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/762-c?etoc

Cambridge illustrated history of surgery

H Guly

Emerg Med J 2009;26 763

http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/26/10/763?etoc

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